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Kraftwerk: win 20 year legal case over 'Metal On Metal'

submitted by Nick Jul 30th 2019 05:00 pm (www.nme.com)

The European Court of Justice ruled against the sampling of the track by hip-hop producers Moses Pelham and Martin Haas in 1999JTully PhotographyKraftwerk have won a long-running legal battle over their song ‘Metal On Metal’. The case surrounds the sampling of the track, which appears on their 1997 album ‘Trans Europe Express’, by hip-hop producers Moses Pelham and Martin Haas in a 1999 track. The ‘Metal On Metal’ sample, specifically a drum sequence repeated throughout, was used […]The post Kraftwerk win 20 year legal case over 'Metal On Metal' appeared first on NME.

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Kraftwerk: Co-Founder Leaves Group

submitted by Nick Jan 6th 2009 12:00 am (www.pitchforkmedia.com)

Nearly 40 years after co-founding Teutonic robot band Kraftwerk with Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider has parted ways with the group (which will apparently continue without him). Though Kraftwerk are famous for their mechanized facelessness, it's hard to overstate Schneider's influence on electronic music in all its forms: David Bowie named his so...

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Kraftwerk: co-founder Florian Schneider quits band (Reuters)

submitted by Nick Jan 5th 2009 10:00 pm (us.rd.yahoo.com)

Reuters - Florian Schneider, the co-founder of legendary German electronica band Kraftwerk, has quit the lineup, leaving it with just one original member.

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Doves: to Return in 2009 With Fourth Album

submitted by Nick Dec 5th 2008 09:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)

Manchester trio Doves will return next year with their fourth album, the follow-up to 2005's Some Cities. The record has no title yet, but according to an interview frontman Jimi Goodwin gave Billboard.com, first single "Kingdom of Rust" is "quite emotional" and is "really expansive with a wistful melody" and "a country-ish shuffle beat." The al...

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Muscles: Takes Aim at Modular

submitted by Nick Dec 5th 2008 07:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)

Yelpy Australian electro dude Muscles has turned his aggression towards a new target: his label, Modular, and their Nevereverland tour. As previously reported, this year's edition of Nevereverland celebrates Modular's 10th anniversary and features a lineup that includes Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair, Klaxons, the Whitest Boy Alive, the Pres...

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Kraftwerk: Lose Copyright Case in Germany

submitted by Nick Nov 21st 2008 09:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)

Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringement, according to an AP report.The sample in question is a two-second piece of Kraftwerk's "Metal on ...

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